Wanna' know why we have an animal overpopulation problem? Here's one
good reason, and a clear example of human stupidity. Just read the following bit of
idiocy that recently appeared in the New York Daily News. What's truly scary is not
just that the writer appears to be in outer space, but that there are an ample supply of
cretins out there who will read this article and actually take what this guy says
seriously, and will believe that uncontrolled breeding amongst stray and feral cats is a
good thing? Supreme Being, please save us humans from ourselves.

6/16/01 - NY Daily News

Bring Back Alley Cats; By ELLIOT ROSENBERG

Warm weather is here, and that means many traditional changes for New York,
including, alas, a boom in the rat population. The city continues to wage war, of course.
But rats have been under a death sentence ever since they helped bump off one-third of
Europe's population back in the 14th century, and they're still laughing through their
incisors at mankind.

Is there no way at hand to fight back? You bet! Older folks can remember when
every mom-and-pop grocery store had a furry resident that would amble up to customers and
rub against their legs. They looked cuddly, but they weren't just pets. After dark, they
stood as sentries -- and executioners. On the streets, stray cats roamed free in search of
tidbits. To them, a hefty rattus norvegicus was a feast. But you won't get today's
tabbies, pampered on gourmet tuna, to stalk a rodent that fights back when cornered like a
you-know-what. Today's cats are softies.

So here's the answer, even though I know the animal-rights crowd will holler: New
York needs a feline baby boom. Let the word go forth from this time and place that the
torch is passed to a new generation of cats, born in this decade, tempered by abandonment,
disciplined by a hard-luck kittyhood, a generation of cats that has a rendezvous with
destiny. And rats.